Harley Benton SC-450Plus HB Vintage Series 5-stars Reviews

Really good one

I'm a beginner guitarist, so I'm not sure whether my opinion is valid but I really love this guitar.

I'll try to focus more on it's looks as I'm not a proffesional player. It looks awesome, it's polished, so reflects all the light and looks super frickin cool to me.

I don't like the fact that you have to tune it every day as it doesn't stay in tune very well but I guess that's acceptable for the price and isn't that big of a deal anyway.

I won't call myself an expert in this but I like the sound of this guitar (obviously you have too change the strings when you get it) and on low gain it sounds to me just like an acoustic guitar.

All things summed up: an awesome piece of a guitar

An excellent guitar for the price

As I had read, the guitar has an excellent quality-price ratio. Visually is very beautiful (maybe, as said by other costumers, the fretboard is a bit dry but that's all). The knobs work great and has an beautiful sound. I totally recommend it.

Wow!

The quality of this guitar rivals most Gibsons I have played. What an insane value for money.

The finish is flawless, the flame maple veneer looks absolutely stunning and the guitar plays great. I know it can be pot luck with harley benton and one of my other harley bentons does have flaws... but this one is pretty much flawless.

The only area where it might fall slightly short of a gibson that is orders of magnitudes more expensive could be the pickups... but even then they sound great and really arent that far off.

The only other criticism would be that the frets could use a good polish and although they arent sharp, they could do with a tiny bit of attention... but you are talking an hour of polishing and restringing to rectify this.

The biggest problem I have is that I bought this for my brothers Christmas and now I really really want one for myself!

Id say you are getting 95% of a gibson for a fraction of the price...

good, juicy sound, great value for the price

Nice guitar overall, sounds great as well, very juicy sound with lots of sustain. The only drawbacks were that one of the small holding screws on the tuner was missing and one of the pots was of a weird height, but both things are ease to fix. Fretboard also had some glue remain. Overall the guitar still looks and sounds great.

Just a Superb Guitar for the money !!

Firstly, Guitar arrived on time and was well packaged. No damage during transit.

The guitar looks the part, in fact looks better than I thought it would for such a cheap price.

It needed some attention, minor adjustments to neck, bridge and annotation. I also decided to line all the cavities with copper foil to eliminate a minor hum.

It has a very good sound and the treble-rhythm switch had a positive feel to it, Volume/tone controls also worked well. The tuning knobs held the strings tightly and the guitar stayed in tune well. I may change the strings to a slightly lighter set in line with what I am used to.

I compared it to my Gibson LP standard and found very little difference in sound quality between them. The Gibson had a slightly fuller sound to it, so considering the price difference I was very happy with this purchase.

I recommend this for anyone wanting a good cheap guitar, you will not be disappointed with it.

Harley Benton SC-450 Plus

bought this guitar as present for my son who is a drummer but plays guitar,this guitar has been used regularly practicing and gigging ,the build quality and sound match guitars i have which i paid double the price .because this is a heavy guitar i changed the screws holding the strap buttons to longer thicker ones ,i cant fault this guitar for the price and would highly recommend to anyone thinking of purchasing one.

Unbelieveable guitar for the price, I am impressed.

I Ordered the Harley Benton SC-450plus HB Les Paul It arrived in a week and when I opened it I was very impressed with the looks and quality of construction, but when I plugged in and played it I was even more impressed. It sounds amazing and plays beautifully. The Roswell pickups sound great and the coil slitting capability opens up a whole range of possible tones, Every thing from metal to jazz is right at your fingertips. The action was perfect out of the box and other than a slight turn of the g string tuner it was in tune. The guitar is well balanced and the fit and finish are flawless. I highly recommend this guitar to anyone that is looking for a Les Paul standard but does not have a couple grand to pay for one, this is the ticket. I have just ordered the Harley Benton DC 580 SG model and it should be arriving in a few days, if I need another Guitar I will be buying it from them.

Betty Honey Burst

This guitar showed up in less than a week!! brilliant to play outta the box tho i did change the strings a few days after it arrived. Avery beautiful guitar and the coil taps are amazing , poor old Bianca Telecastrt, is having a well earned rest now!!!

Great guitar

When I took this guitar to jam with my friends they immediately noticed the difference. I had been playing an Epiphone Les Paul Special I, which is priced identically. There is no comparison beyond price. The Harley Benton is a superior instrument in every way. I haven't owned a lot of guitars but this is the best guitar I've ever had.

Pros-

Solid feel

Looks beautiful

Playable right out of the box, tune up and go. No bad frets, neck is great, action is nice. Needed slight intonation adjustment on a couple strings, no big deal.

Cons-

I haven't found any yet, although I haven't owned it long.

My drummer told me it sounded like a "professional instrument" if you're the type of person that pays attention to drummers.

Filled my Les Paul desire....

Despite a few quality flaws, way better than expected as far as sound, playability,looks. Thank you!

great sound and very good quality

Better than I expected

When I ordered this guitar i didn't expect a great guitar, although I had seen the reviews on these Harley Benton guitars and they seem to be really good, I wasn't convinced but i decided to ordered one anyway.

When the guitar arrived the guitar was packaged in bubble wrap in the cardboard box ( the packaging was acceptable, but I would recommend you would f.x buy a guitar case with it, just so the package will be bigger and have more air bubbles. Especially if you are shipping it over seas ). Over all I am very happy with my purchase and I would highly recommend these guitars for beginners, for modding or for just having fun. For the price point this guitar is way better than I would have expected.

Harley Benton SC 450 Plus

The guitar is wonderful! I love it!

Excellent guitar

I ordered the Harley Benton SC-450Plus HB Vintage Series guitar here in the color Honey Berst. The guitar arrived safely after 2 weeks in Ukraine, whole and unharmed. The box and packaging are good. The appearance and build quality is pretty good for its value. Deca is actually 3 pieces of mahogany with a maple top, fingerboard glued. I did not notice any obvious defects, I like the sound. Immediately after unpacking the guitar was ready for the game, I just had to tweak it a little. The quality of the guitar is very good for its price. The pickups impedance 8 kOm. The pickups are both powerful and readable, the output is about 200 mV. The cut-off is also very pleased. For not very hard extreme styles just fine. I got a good tool. Fret height - 1mm . It is clear that this is not the sound of the Gibson but for this day everything is just fine. Overtones and Sustain sound enough

Gorgeous looking and sounding instrument that is easy to play.

Very happy with my purchase.

Awesome Les paul type guitar

I have over 15 high priced and high quality Guitars and This HB SC 450plus is just awesome. Played it everyday for 2 weeks since i got it. The other night it was sounding like shades of the Allman Bros. and reminded me of my Les Paul i sold in the 80s.

I've never sounded like this before WTF,

Just got my sc 450 and I am absolutely amazed.

I have never sounded like this before its awesome

I have my practice amp at low volume and its rockin .

I have been playing at home with a squier strat for years

and I could never get the sound I wanted, and could not afford

a big name guitar.

I know im late to the party as I only discovered the harley benton name on Henning Paulys You tube site a week ago

but hey I am so glad I did I also got an A/C Tone pedal for ¤30

and together they are amazing

No cons from me, not for this price

Will be ordering more

These HB guitars are awesome. Great upgrade project guitars!

Believe the hype

Ok, im not going to beat around the bush here, this guitar has blown me away.

I have and own some high end guitars, but my son was interested in learning so having already bought a HB Tele which impressed me i bought this les paul copy as reviews seemed good.

Its better than good, it is excellent. Finish all round is top notch, the frets are smooth no sharp edges, the inlays are superb with no filler etc. The top is a lovely tiger stripe, the guitar played straight out box with Daddario strings on too!

I lowered the action which is easy just a straight screwdriver and it?s perfect.

Im keeping this as a gigging guitar!

i play four times a week in a rock pop covers band so im gonna take it on the road and see how it fairs.

Ill update soon.

Overall i cant believe it,how they are making for this money is unbelievable. 10/10

brilliant guitar

ordered from US, shipping time was about a two and a half weeks which was to be expected. The guitar showed up yesterday morning and its wonderful. Its beautiful, it plays great, and comes with options. the only bad thing i can say about this guitar is the back of the body has a slight dent/chip in the paint that occurred during shipping. but other than that the thing tunes great and feels like a very special guitar.